Abstract
Glucose induces biphasic insulin secretion by the islet beta-cell. Based on recent knowledge on glucose signaling in the beta-cell, the underlying mechanisms for this biphasicity could be envisaged as follows. Glucose-induced elevation of cytosolic free Ca(2+) concentration, which is due to the electrophysiological events that originate in closure of the ATP-sensitive K(+) (K(ATP)) channel, most likely triggers the first phase. The second phase is produced by gradual augmentation and potentiation of Ca(2+)-triggered insulin release by the K(ATP) channel-independent, nonionic signals. Protein acylation may be involved in the nonionic signaling. In patients lacking functional K(ATP) channels, however, the first phase of glucose-induced insulin secretion is clearly retained, casting doubt on the simplistic view outlined above. In this pathological condition, the K(ATP) channel-independent, most likely nonionic, glucose action alone is sufficient for the first-phase response.
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